Rooting & Bricking
Thank you so much hook glad I read that before I did anything. Conscience and smarts set in lmao, and I am no longer going to go through with the hack. Not worth a bricked device/account...
Like you, I was apprehensive about rooting and rom'ing. There is enough info on these forums to drive you crazy! I am also very visual, meaning I have to see it before I can comprehend it. But I finally did it, and have never looked back. I'll try to give you some basics.
Search and download to your computer RSD Lite, and the Full SBF file for the D2G. Leave those on your computer- they are there IF something goes wrong. (Search this forum for all of the files/apps- they aren't all here, but you can find out where to get them.)
Now, search for and install Koush's Bootstrap Recovery app. Move it to SD Card, run the zip, and install it. When it installs, hit Bootstrap Recovery. This does some kind of hocus-pocus magic on your phone that lets you go ahead with the rest of the step you want to do.
Next, download z4Root and place it on the root of your SD Card. Click on it to unzip it, and it will give you the option to install- select that option. It will install the app on your phone. Select permanent root.
Next, download an app manager. Most folks seem to like Titanium Backup, but I use AnTek Root Manager because it's free. With this app, you can freeze all the bloatware you want, but read some articles in this forum to find out which are necessary and which you can do without.
IF YOU LIKE, YOU CAN STOP AT THIS STEP!!! That means you do not have to put another ROM on your phone, you can just freeze the junk and leave it alone.
Like you, I wanted to use Cyanogen. But then I found out that we CANNOT use it on the D2G! Don't try it, unless you want to buy another phone. Give this one up!
If you want to ROM, go to TeamDefuse website and download the Fission Rom Manager. Transfer it to the root of your SD Card and run the zip on it. Again, you will be asked what to do with it- select Install. When it opens up the manager, it will show you the different downloads available. Select the 2.4.3 rom, the 2.4.3 update, the SIM card fix, the BASH file, pick out a theme (if you like), and there are a few other options on there like which gallery and keyboard you would like to use. Click the button at the bottom (Install, I think) and it will list all the downloads you selected. Click up top Backup, and then click Wipe Cache. Hit the button on the bottom again, (again, I think it is Install), and then watch the magic begin!
If all of this goes well, you are rooted and rom'ed!
In my short time on here, I have not heard of anyone who has bricked a phone beyond recovery unless they were doing something that couldn't (shouldn't) be done. Like maybe, trying Cyanogen. The only ROM's we have right now are Fission 2.4.3, and Liberty (some version, not sure) if you use Team GRD's ROM'mer to go with it. If you go this last route, you will not have the use of sensors as you currently know them on your phone (tilt, landscape, etc).
Good luck- let us know how it turns out!
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